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Aristotle’s two accounts of relatives in Categories 7

Duncombe, Matthew

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At Categories 7, 6a36-7 Aristotle defines relatives (R1), but at 8a13-28 worries that the definition may include some substances. Aristotle introduces a second account of relatives (R2, at 8a31-2) to solve the problem. Recent commentators have held that Aristotle intends to solve the extensional adequacy worry by restricting the extension of relatives. That is, R2 counts fewer items as relative than R1. However, this cannot explain Aristotle’s attitude to relatives, since he immediately returns to using R1. I propose a non-extensional reading. R1 and R2 do not specify different sets of relatives, but rather different ways to understand each relative.

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Duncombe, M. (2015). Aristotle’s two accounts of relatives in Categories 7. Phronesis, 60(4), 436-461. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685284-12341292

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 24, 2014
Online Publication Date Sep 11, 2015
Publication Date Sep 11, 2015
Deposit Date Sep 11, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Print ISSN 0031-8868
Publisher Brill Academic Publishers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 60
Issue 4
Pages 436-461
DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/15685284-12341292
Public URL https://philpapers.org/rec/DUNATA
Publisher URL https://brill.com/abstract/journals/phro/60/4/article-p436_4.xml

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